Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ox leg dish
Description
Ivory
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A carved object resembling an ancient Egyptian sistrum with red markings.
The artifact appears to be a carved object, possibly a sistrum or ceremonial item, featuring a long handle and rounded end. It has a simplistic, yet elegant design, suggesting ceremonial use. Red markings are visible on one side, which may be inventory or catalog numbers. The surface shows signs of aging.
ceremonial
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Visible text
"A.M.S. 798"
Connections
Materials
Wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281698 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 44.4.56 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546262 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.